Table 3. Free amino acid contents in plum juice and vinegar

Free amino acids (mg/100 g) Sample
Plum juice Plum vinegar
Phosphoserine 3.20±0.701)ns2) 3.26±0.07
Taurine 4.10±0.60b3) 6.91±0.07a
Phosphoethanolamine 3.65±0.40ns 3.99±0.47
Aspartic acid 0.89±0.10b 10.10±0.38a
Threonine 0.35±0.00b 4.73±0.25a
Glutamic acid 1.03±0.20b 4.72±0.25a
Theanine 0.00±0.00ns 0.11±0.18
α-Aminoadipic acid 0.08±0.20ns 0.00±0.00
Glycine 0.40±0.10b 5.64±0.13a
Alanine 0.66±0.20b 67.86±1.90a
Valine 1.41±0.00b 4.26±0.42a
Cystine 1.22±0.40ns 1.08±0.36
Methionine 0.00±0.00b 0.81±0.28a
Isoleucine 0.11±0.10b 2.55±0.15a
Leucine 0.32±0.00b 6.33±0.29a
Tyrosine 1.38±1.40b 4.71±1.00a
Phenylalanine 0.29±0.70b 4.69±0.20a
β-Alanine 0.23±0.40b 1.71±0.31a
β-Amino isobutyric acid 0.00±0.00b 0.54±0.33a
GABA 1.85±0.20b 7.28±0.22a
Histidine 0.08±0.10b 2.80±0.55a
1-Methylhistidine 0.03±0.10ns 0.00±0.00
Tryptophan 0.17±0.40ns 0.44±0.45
Ornithine 0.50±0.20b 4.70±0.34a
Lysine 0.13±0.10b 8.90±0.74a
Ammonia 12.95±1.00b 46.46±3.68a
Arginine 1.71±2.10b 8.60±0.93a
Total 39.00±4.70b 219.00±5.07a
All values are mean±SD (n=3).
ns, not significant.
Means with different superscript letters (a,b) in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.